Live 6/12: A9s-what stage of Zee development am I at?

[mrcunningham]

My rationale was to raise because:
1. I was hoping this would get me to showdown without further bets going in if I didn't improve. If I would call down a river bet, I figured I might get to show down with the same # of bets put in by raising.
2. On these live tables, it is common that AQ and even AK might not raise preflop in one of the blinds.
3. I figured I had a reasonable number of outs, and if I hit them I might get called on the river.
Do these arguments make any sense?